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> it still being up

Must have gone dark in the last two hours, I guess. Clicking on your "context" link gets me:

> The moderators of r/programming have set this community to private. Only approved members can view and take part in its discussions.

The GPT astroturf fail seems like a worthy story in itself, if it could be stood up - amazing!

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All major subreddits are protesting Reddit on jun 12 by going private.

Not all. Last I looked it was >50% of the top 200 (and like 3000 total)

Those numbers are usually computed by subreddits going private. More have left old content up but have blocked new posts/comments. Those have not been reflected in your numbers.

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